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-The opening sequence - in which a Sunday lunch is lovingly prepared - took over a week to film.
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-The plot of this movie will be found in a later movie, Tortilla Soup (2001) about an aging widower chef who raised 3 daughters alone, both being written by Ang Lee. Even the opening crisis, the restaurant previously run by the chef has ruined the main feature of a huge banquet and he is called in to save the day, is the same.

Autour du film
On retrouve  un certain nombre d'acteurs déjà présents dans le film Garçon d'honneur. 

Distinctions
Nommé pour l'Oscar du meilleur film en langue étrangère (juste nommé !?)